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BECAUSE the beach and pool clearly don’t provide enough opportunity to show off your well-toned body, A-listers are now sharing selfies direct from the sauna.
The hot new Instagram trend has seen some of the world’s most famous women – including Rita Ora, Louise Redknapp and Liz Hurley – strip to their bikinis for a snap as they sweat.
Sauna selfies have become the hot new Instagram trend among A-listers – including Strictly’s Karen Clifton, Louise Redknapp, Daisy Lowe and Luba Mushtuk
Recently, Strictly Come Dancing’s pros Karen Clifton and Luba Mushtuk joined former celebrity contestants Daisy Lowe and Louise Redknapp for a sauna snap.
The women wore chic matching black swimwear in the pic taken at Glow Bar – a London-based sauna salon which claims to heat up muscles with less stress.
Karen and Luba were joined by fellow pro Janette Manrara in another sweaty shot as they posed on the traditional wooden benches.
Love Island’s Georgia Harrison is another adopter of the steamy trend which sees stars share sauna selfies on Instagram.
Love Island’s Georgia Harrison has struck a steamy pose
Rita Ora informed Snapchat followers that she was “sweating” during a recent sauna visit
The reality TV star wore a red thong bikini during her visit.
Another star feeling the heat was Rita Ora who shared a sauna selfie with her followers.
Taking to Snapchat, the singer informed her followers: “I’m sweating.”
Looking similarly immaculate, despite the humidity, was Elizabeth Hurley.
Liz Hurley posed for a pic in a towel
The actress posed in the sauna at exclusive Austrian wellness retreat, Viva Mayr.
Captioning the image, she wrote: “Four days into my detox at @vivamayr taking ‘the cure’. It’s brutal but I’m beginning to get my mojo back.”
Made In Chelsea’s Sophie Habboo and Melissa Tattam shared a snap together
Lea Michele warded off the sauna heat with a bottle of water
Karen, Luba and Janette Manrara showed off their dancer bodies on the wooden seating
Ashley Graham took a naked mirror selfie “fresh out the sauna”
Made In Chelsea’s Sophie Habboo and Melissa Tattam also visited the Glow Bar last month and took a sauna selfie.
Meanwhile, actress Lea Michele shared a rather relaxed sauna selfie where she appeared to be trying to cool off by clutching a bottle of water.
Sophia Kasaei, Holly Hagan, Charlotte Crosby and Chloe Ferry couldn’t resist taking a sauna pic
Olivia Buckland donned a two-piece for her sauna trip
Iskra Lawrence appeared to have worked up quite the sweat in her snap
Lady Gaga appeared to be making herself even hotter by wrapping up in a foil sheet
Chloe Khan and friends appeared to be enjoying their sauna trip
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Geordie Shore’s Sophie Kasaei, Holly Hagan, Charlotte Crosby and Chloe Ferry also recently enjoyed some sauna time.
As did Love Island star Olivia Buckland and model Iskra Lawrence who each wore a pretty patterned two-piece.
Lady Gaga, in what was perhaps part of her pre-Oscars prep, wrapped up in a foil blanket for her sauna stint.
Another fan of the carefully-positioned sauna snap is Chloe Khan who posed up a steamy storm for her visit with pals.
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BECAUSE the beach and pool clearly don’t provide enough opportunity to show off your well-toned body, A-listers are now sharing selfies direct from the sauna.
The hot new Instagram trend has seen some of the world’s most famous women – including Rita Ora, Louise Redknapp and Liz Hurley – strip to their bikinis for a snap as they sweat.
Sauna selfies have become the hot new Instagram trend among A-listers – including Strictly’s Karen Clifton, Louise Redknapp, Daisy Lowe and Luba Mushtuk
Recently, Strictly Come Dancing’s pros Karen Clifton and Luba Mushtuk joined former celebrity contestants Daisy Lowe and Louise Redknapp for a sauna snap.
The women wore chic matching black swimwear in the pic taken at Glow Bar – a London-based sauna salon which claims to heat up muscles with less stress.
Karen and Luba were joined by fellow pro Janette Manrara in another sweaty shot as they posed on the traditional wooden benches.
Love Island’s Georgia Harrison is another adopter of the steamy trend which sees stars share sauna selfies on Instagram.
Love Island’s Georgia Harrison has struck a steamy pose
Rita Ora informed Snapchat followers that she was “sweating” during a recent sauna visit
The reality TV star wore a red thong bikini during her visit.
Another star feeling the heat was Rita Ora who shared a sauna selfie with her followers.
Taking to Snapchat, the singer informed her followers: “I’m sweating.”
Looking similarly immaculate, despite the humidity, was Elizabeth Hurley.
Liz Hurley posed for a pic in a towel
The actress posed in the sauna at exclusive Austrian wellness retreat, Viva Mayr.
Captioning the image, she wrote: “Four days into my detox at @vivamayr taking ‘the cure’. It’s brutal but I’m beginning to get my mojo back.”
Made In Chelsea’s Sophie Habboo and Melissa Tattam shared a snap together
Lea Michele warded off the sauna heat with a bottle of water
Karen, Luba and Janette Manrara showed off their dancer bodies on the wooden seating
Ashley Graham took a naked mirror selfie “fresh out the sauna”
Made In Chelsea’s Sophie Habboo and Melissa Tattam also visited the Glow Bar last month and took a sauna selfie.
Meanwhile, actress Lea Michele shared a rather relaxed sauna selfie where she appeared to be trying to cool off by clutching a bottle of water.
Sophia Kasaei, Holly Hagan, Charlotte Crosby and Chloe Ferry couldn’t resist taking a sauna pic
Olivia Buckland donned a two-piece for her sauna trip
Iskra Lawrence appeared to have worked up quite the sweat in her snap
Lady Gaga appeared to be making herself even hotter by wrapping up in a foil sheet
Chloe Khan and friends appeared to be enjoying their sauna trip
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Geordie Shore’s Sophie Kasaei, Holly Hagan, Charlotte Crosby and Chloe Ferry also recently enjoyed some sauna time.
As did Love Island star Olivia Buckland and model Iskra Lawrence who each wore a pretty patterned two-piece.
Lady Gaga, in what was perhaps part of her pre-Oscars prep, wrapped up in a foil blanket for her sauna stint.
Another fan of the carefully-positioned sauna snap is Chloe Khan who posed up a steamy storm for her visit with pals.
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By Bukola Olasanmi Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, urged Nigerians to return the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. He said though the postponement of 2019 Presidential and National Assembly polls came unexpected, the electorate must not be discouraged. This was contained in an open letter he wrote, titled “A time such as this!”. Osinbajo […]

Our flight back from Florida last night didn’t get in til like midnight, so I’m moving a little slow this morning, but better late than never? Yesterday was the Future Event Horse side of the YEH/FEH symposium, with yearlings through 4 year olds, looking at them on the line and (for the older horses) under […]

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER insisted Sir Alex Ferguson is welcome to give a team talk before the game against Liverpool.
Fergie made it his mission to knock the Merseyside club “off their perch” when he took over at Old Trafford in 1986.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has worked closely with Sir Alex Ferguson at United
The Scotsman, 77, faced Liverpool 64 times during his 27-year reign with United, winning 29 times.
Ferguson has been spotted in the crowd in recent weeks, but Solskjaer has invited him to fire up his squad before Sunday’s game.
He said: “He would be welcome to have his talk to the players if he wanted to, the gaffer, because we know how much it meant for him to overtake Liverpool.
“I think our players know what [playing against Liverpool] means for everyone at United.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are fourth in the Premier League table
Solskjaer has mimicked Ferguson’s managerial approach since he took over from Jose Mourinho in December.
But the Norwegian boss explained that he is not tempted to play mind games with Liverpool before the match.
When asked if he would try it, he said: “No, I don’t think Jurgen Klopp will read what I say, I’m not gonna read what he says. That’s further down the line.”
The 45-year-old, who spent 11 years at Old Trafford as a player, has urged his players to put their emotions to one side this weekend.
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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side will return to the top of the table if they beat United
He said: “I played a few of these myself and know the magnitude of it for the fans and everyone who works here, the staff.
“There have been many comments like, ‘This is the big one’.
“Then it’s our job to be focusing and channelling all that energy into performance mode when we start the game on Sunday.
“It’s not about emotions. I understand emotion can be brought into it but we have to stay focused and controlled with some fight in us as well.”
Sir Alex Ferguson spent 26 years in charge of Manchester United
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OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER insisted Sir Alex Ferguson is welcome to give a team talk before the game against Liverpool.
Fergie made it his mission to knock the Merseyside club “off their perch” when he took over at Old Trafford in 1986.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has worked closely with Sir Alex Ferguson at United
The Scotsman, 77, faced Liverpool 64 times during his 27-year reign with United, winning 29 times.
Ferguson has been spotted in the crowd in recent weeks, but Solskjaer has invited him to fire up his squad before Sunday’s game.
He said: “He would be welcome to have his talk to the players if he wanted to, the gaffer, because we know how much it meant for him to overtake Liverpool.
“I think our players know what [playing against Liverpool] means for everyone at United.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are fourth in the Premier League table
Solskjaer has mimicked Ferguson’s managerial approach since he took over from Jose Mourinho in December.
But the Norwegian boss explained that he is not tempted to play mind games with Liverpool before the match.
When asked if he would try it, he said: “No, I don’t think Jurgen Klopp will read what I say, I’m not gonna read what he says. That’s further down the line.”
The 45-year-old, who spent 11 years at Old Trafford as a player, has urged his players to put their emotions to one side this weekend.
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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side will return to the top of the table if they beat United
He said: “I played a few of these myself and know the magnitude of it for the fans and everyone who works here, the staff.
“There have been many comments like, ‘This is the big one’.
“Then it’s our job to be focusing and channelling all that energy into performance mode when we start the game on Sunday.
“It’s not about emotions. I understand emotion can be brought into it but we have to stay focused and controlled with some fight in us as well.”
Sir Alex Ferguson spent 26 years in charge of Manchester United
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SOCIAL workers missed 11 chances to save the life of tragic teen Amber Peat, a coroner has previously said.
Amber, 13, was found hanged in bushes near her home in Mansfield, West Mids, after storming out during a row with her parents.
Amber vanished for three days before police found her
Her inquest, set to conclude this afternoon, heard there were “missed opportunities” to protect the schoolgirl – who died after tying a tie around her neck and saying: “I hate my life. I want to kill myself.”
Amber would often run away from home and was “emotionally abused” by her stepdad Danny Peat, the Nottingham inquest was told.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
The teenager made various complaints to teachers about her family life and once claimed that Mr Peat had woken her up at 1.30am and made her mop their kitchen floor.
Amber also concerned teachers when when they had to feed her a breakfast of biscuits before her SATS exams or when staff spotted her wearing baggy tracksuit bottoms to class rather than her uniform.
The youngster also complained that she had been banned from having a birthday and that her mum smashed her mobile phone up.
But even after Amber tightened a tie and a scarf around her neck – nothing was done.
The shocking incidents were only revealed after her life was tragically cut short on June 2 2015.
[quote credit=”Laurinda Bower ” credit-meta=”Assistant Coroner”]No-one got to the heart of how Amber was feeling because there was not that support in place.[/quote]
Assistant Coroner Laurinda Bower said: “No-one got to the heart of how Amber was feeling because there was not that support in place.”
Dr Cath Connor, who worked on a review into Amber’s Case, said Amber’s views were not properly heard.
She said: “The dominant narrative was the mother and stepfather being believed, even to the point where the GP reported that Amber’s behaviour was attention seeking.
“There were different perceptions and sadly not really got to the heart of what it was like being Amber.”
The month-long inquest has heard from Amber’s teachers, who described an unhappy child, often overlooked and “put upon” by her parents.
AN ‘UNHAPPY CHILD’
Amber also told a youth worker she had been forced to “wash every pot in the house” as a punishment.
Concerns were flagged several times, but the pieces of the jigsaw were never put together and, alarmingly, protocol was not followed on a number of occasions.
The clues were there three years before Amber’s death, when her form tutor at John Davies Primary School, Tibshelf, Derbs.,described her as “quite an unhappy child” with a “sad face.”
Joanna Holt said: “She had lots of jobs to do that her siblings weren’t expected to do in the same way.
“She felt her siblings got away with things and she would be passed the blame at times.
[quote credit=”Joanna Holt”]She had low self-esteem and would make negative comments about herself.[/quote]
“She had low self-esteem and would make negative comments about herself.”
Amber’s parents were late for pick-up “more often than not,” according to Head teacher Beverley Wilson, and she was regularly found hiding in the corner of the library at hometime.
“She was fed up, basically,” said Mrs Wilson.
At this time, Amber had been through an emotional rollercoaster at home. Her mum, Kelly, had split with her dad, Adrian, on Christmas Eve 2012.
CLASHED WITH NEW DAD
Within a matter of months, Amber had a new stepdad, in the form of Kelly’s childhood friend Danny Peat, a new surname and had lost contact with Adrian and her paternal grandmother, Jennifer Lancaster.
Adrian claims Kelly thwarted his attempts to see Amber and another child, who cannot be named, and says he didn’t know where his daughter was after the Peats moved house without telling him.
In January 2014, Kelly took Amber to the GP, over concerns about her behaviour.
While each school described Amber as “bright”, some also pointed to attention-seeking in class.
Amber was referred to a Multi-Agency Team (MAT) of health and education professionals at Derbyshire County Council.
But, crucially, a Common Assessment Framework which would provide a picture of the family
During the first two months of 2014, Amber ran away from home twice.
Ms Bower said: “When she went missing in January 2014 the social services did not follow a pro forma, did not visit her home within 72 hours of her return and did it with her mother present, so questions were not asked about why she went missing.
“In February 2014 she again was not asked upon return why she went missing.”
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
In April, Amber again fled from home following a row with her mum and a sibling, and turned up in the cold and rain at 9pm at her school, Tibshelf Secondary.
Her head of year, David Wallace, called her parents but was told they were busy with their dog, who was in labour and couldn’t pick their daughter up.
As he drove Amber home, she said of her parents: “They wouldn’t care. They were more interested in the dog.”
[quote credit=”Laurinda Bower ” credit-meta=”Assistant Coroner”]There were 11 missed opportunities where Amber and here family did not get support in place.[/quote]
The school contacted the MAT team, but a statutory follow-up meeting was not carried out.
The coroner described Danny as “a compulsive liar, gambling with the use of drugs”, saying this “should have triggered safeguarding coverage by Derbyshire health services.”
She said: “There were 11 missed opportunities where Amber and here family did not get support in place.
“There should have been much more robust discussions about emotional abuse by sharing information.”
At her next school, Queen Elizabeth’s Academy, Amber was again described as a bright, bubbly girl, who joined the choir and loved dancing.
ALARM BELLS
But Vice principal at Queen Elizabeth’s Acadmy, Karen Green, flagged concerns to the Notts County Council’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH): “This one is ringing alarm bells. My gut instinct is there is something not right here and I can’t put my finger on it.”
A second call to MASH came six months later, in March 2015, when Amber’s school key worker Sharon Clay thought she was being “emotionally abused” by her stepdad.
Both calls to the safeguarding team resulted in the same response: Amber’s case did not merit social services intervention.
[quote credit=”Karen Green”]This one is ringing alarm bells. My gut instinct is there is something not right here and I can’t put my finger on it.[/quote]
Danny and Kelly Peath both claim Amber had fabricated tales of other harsh punishments.
Danny said: “It wasn’t just about me. There were other accusations about a teacher, there were accusations about her biological father, saying he had hit her – so yes, she did say lies.”
Before her death, the family holidayed in Cornwall. Amber had “been in trouble quite a lot”, according to a child witness, and had even written a “runaway list” with a cousin.
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The night of her disappearance, Amber left home at around 5.10pm.
Her parents believed it was a “strop.”
They went shopping at Tesco, to the carwash and ate dinner before calling police at 12.56am, almost eight hours after Amber disappeared despite previously being advised to call police if she fled again.
Danny said: “We weren’t worried. I just assumed she would walk through the door.”
Amber stormed out of her home in Mansfield, West Mids, following a clash with her stepdad
An inquest is exploring the circumstances of schoolgirl Amber Peat’s death in May 2015
Amber’s stepdad Danny Peat arrives at Nottingham Coroner’s Court for the final day of the inquest
Amber’s mum Kelly was also seen making her way into the court this morning
Adrian Cook arrives at Nottingham Coroner’s Court this morning
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A MUM allegedly killed her lover with a sledgehammer then encased his body in concrete after he sexually abused her son.
The woman, named locally as Paraguayan national Gilda Acosta, told cops that she murdered her boyfriend, according to reports.
Authorities pictured examining the wardrobe containing Richard Alejandro Sanchez Escobar’s body
She reportedly said that she stuffed Richard Alejandro Sanchez Escobar’s body in a wardrobe which she then filled with concrete in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The 47-year-old said she killed Escobar, 28, because he allegedly abused her 13-year-old boy.
Footage from the scene shows officers opening the wardrobe which has blood on the sides and hundreds of flies surrounding it.
[quote credit=”Police source”]She sat down and confessed she had killed him and had put his body into the wardrobe[/quote]
A police source told local media: “We were all surprised. She showed up and asked to talk with the person in charge.
“She sat down and confessed she had killed him and had put his body into the wardrobe.”
Police officers and firefighters were sent to the scene and in video footage they can be seen working to open the wardrobe.
There appears to be blood on the side of the wardrobe and when the drawers are opened a swarm of flies can be seen hovering over the lump of concrete inside.
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Officers had to use oxygen masks because the body was so badly decomposed and the lack of ventilation in the house, it is reported.
The body was reportedly found in the concrete.Ascosta was arrested and has since told officers she killed the man with a sledgehammer, according to reports.
Local media reports Acosta had gone to a local police station and confessed to killing her boyfriend.
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Gilda Acosta reportedly told cops that she murdered her boyfriend before putting his body in this wardrobe
Officers had to use oxygen masks because the body was so badly decomposed
Acosta reportedly killed her lover because he ‘abused her 13-year-old son’

A MUM allegedly killed her lover with a sledgehammer then encased his body in concrete after he sexually abused her son.
The woman, named locally as Paraguayan national Gilda Acosta, told cops that she murdered her boyfriend, according to reports.
Authorities pictured examining the wardrobe containing Richard Alejandro Sanchez Escobar’s body
She reportedly said that she stuffed Richard Alejandro Sanchez Escobar’s body in a wardrobe which she then filled with concrete in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The 47-year-old said she killed Escobar, 28, because he allegedly abused her 13-year-old boy.
Footage from the scene shows officers opening the wardrobe which has blood on the sides and hundreds of flies surrounding it.
[quote credit=”Police source”]She sat down and confessed she had killed him and had put his body into the wardrobe[/quote]
A police source told local media: “We were all surprised. She showed up and asked to talk with the person in charge.
“She sat down and confessed she had killed him and had put his body into the wardrobe.”
Police officers and firefighters were sent to the scene and in video footage they can be seen working to open the wardrobe.
There appears to be blood on the side of the wardrobe and when the drawers are opened a swarm of flies can be seen hovering over the lump of concrete inside.
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Officers had to use oxygen masks because the body was so badly decomposed and the lack of ventilation in the house, it is reported.
The body was reportedly found in the concrete.Ascosta was arrested and has since told officers she killed the man with a sledgehammer, according to reports.
Local media reports Acosta had gone to a local police station and confessed to killing her boyfriend.
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Gilda Acosta reportedly told cops that she murdered her boyfriend before putting his body in this wardrobe
Officers had to use oxygen masks because the body was so badly decomposed
Acosta reportedly killed her lover because he ‘abused her 13-year-old son’

SOCIAL workers missed 11 chances to save the life of tragic teen Amber Peat, a coroner has previously said.
Amber, 13, was found hanged in bushes near her home in Mansfield, West Mids, after storming out during a row with her parents.
Amber vanished for three days before police found her
Her inquest, set to conclude this afternoon, heard there were “missed opportunities” to protect the schoolgirl – who died after tying a tie around her neck and saying: “I hate my life. I want to kill myself.”
Amber would often run away from home and was “emotionally abused” by her stepdad Danny Peat, the Nottingham inquest was told.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
The teenager made various complaints to teachers about her family life and once claimed that Mr Peat had woken her up at 1.30am and made her mop their kitchen floor.
Amber also concerned teachers when when they had to feed her a breakfast of biscuits before her SATS exams or when staff spotted her wearing baggy tracksuit bottoms to class rather than her uniform.
The youngster also complained that she had been banned from having a birthday and that her mum smashed her mobile phone up.
But even after Amber tightened a tie and a scarf around her neck – nothing was done.
The shocking incidents were only revealed after her life was tragically cut short on June 2 2015.
[quote credit=”Laurinda Bower ” credit-meta=”Assistant Coroner”]No-one got to the heart of how Amber was feeling because there was not that support in place.[/quote]
Assistant Coroner Laurinda Bower said: “No-one got to the heart of how Amber was feeling because there was not that support in place.”
Dr Cath Connor, who worked on a review into Amber’s Case, said Amber’s views were not properly heard.
She said: “The dominant narrative was the mother and stepfather being believed, even to the point where the GP reported that Amber’s behaviour was attention seeking.
“There were different perceptions and sadly not really got to the heart of what it was like being Amber.”
The month-long inquest has heard from Amber’s teachers, who described an unhappy child, often overlooked and “put upon” by her parents.
AN ‘UNHAPPY CHILD’
Amber also told a youth worker she had been forced to “wash every pot in the house” as a punishment.
Concerns were flagged several times, but the pieces of the jigsaw were never put together and, alarmingly, protocol was not followed on a number of occasions.
The clues were there three years before Amber’s death, when her form tutor at John Davies Primary School, Tibshelf, Derbs.,described her as “quite an unhappy child” with a “sad face.”
Joanna Holt said: “She had lots of jobs to do that her siblings weren’t expected to do in the same way.
“She felt her siblings got away with things and she would be passed the blame at times.
[quote credit=”Joanna Holt”]She had low self-esteem and would make negative comments about herself.[/quote]
“She had low self-esteem and would make negative comments about herself.”
Amber’s parents were late for pick-up “more often than not,” according to Head teacher Beverley Wilson, and she was regularly found hiding in the corner of the library at hometime.
“She was fed up, basically,” said Mrs Wilson.
At this time, Amber had been through an emotional rollercoaster at home. Her mum, Kelly, had split with her dad, Adrian, on Christmas Eve 2012.
CLASHED WITH NEW DAD
Within a matter of months, Amber had a new stepdad, in the form of Kelly’s childhood friend Danny Peat, a new surname and had lost contact with Adrian and her paternal grandmother, Jennifer Lancaster.
Adrian claims Kelly thwarted his attempts to see Amber and another child, who cannot be named, and says he didn’t know where his daughter was after the Peats moved house without telling him.
In January 2014, Kelly took Amber to the GP, over concerns about her behaviour.
While each school described Amber as “bright”, some also pointed to attention-seeking in class.
Amber was referred to a Multi-Agency Team (MAT) of health and education professionals at Derbyshire County Council.
But, crucially, a Common Assessment Framework which would provide a picture of the family
During the first two months of 2014, Amber ran away from home twice.
Ms Bower said: “When she went missing in January 2014 the social services did not follow a pro forma, did not visit her home within 72 hours of her return and did it with her mother present, so questions were not asked about why she went missing.
“In February 2014 she again was not asked upon return why she went missing.”
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
In April, Amber again fled from home following a row with her mum and a sibling, and turned up in the cold and rain at 9pm at her school, Tibshelf Secondary.
Her head of year, David Wallace, called her parents but was told they were busy with their dog, who was in labour and couldn’t pick their daughter up.
As he drove Amber home, she said of her parents: “They wouldn’t care. They were more interested in the dog.”
[quote credit=”Laurinda Bower ” credit-meta=”Assistant Coroner”]There were 11 missed opportunities where Amber and here family did not get support in place.[/quote]
The school contacted the MAT team, but a statutory follow-up meeting was not carried out.
The coroner described Danny as “a compulsive liar, gambling with the use of drugs”, saying this “should have triggered safeguarding coverage by Derbyshire health services.”
She said: “There were 11 missed opportunities where Amber and here family did not get support in place.
“There should have been much more robust discussions about emotional abuse by sharing information.”
At her next school, Queen Elizabeth’s Academy, Amber was again described as a bright, bubbly girl, who joined the choir and loved dancing.
ALARM BELLS
But Vice principal at Queen Elizabeth’s Acadmy, Karen Green, flagged concerns to the Notts County Council’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH): “This one is ringing alarm bells. My gut instinct is there is something not right here and I can’t put my finger on it.”
A second call to MASH came six months later, in March 2015, when Amber’s school key worker Sharon Clay thought she was being “emotionally abused” by her stepdad.
Both calls to the safeguarding team resulted in the same response: Amber’s case did not merit social services intervention.
[quote credit=”Karen Green”]This one is ringing alarm bells. My gut instinct is there is something not right here and I can’t put my finger on it.[/quote]
Danny and Kelly Peath both claim Amber had fabricated tales of other harsh punishments.
Danny said: “It wasn’t just about me. There were other accusations about a teacher, there were accusations about her biological father, saying he had hit her – so yes, she did say lies.”
Before her death, the family holidayed in Cornwall. Amber had “been in trouble quite a lot”, according to a child witness, and had even written a “runaway list” with a cousin.
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The night of her disappearance, Amber left home at around 5.10pm.
Her parents believed it was a “strop.”
They went shopping at Tesco, to the carwash and ate dinner before calling police at 12.56am, almost eight hours after Amber disappeared despite previously being advised to call police if she fled again.
Danny said: “We weren’t worried. I just assumed she would walk through the door.”
Amber stormed out of her home in Mansfield, West Mids, following a clash with her stepdad
An inquest is exploring the circumstances of schoolgirl Amber Peat’s death in May 2015
Amber’s stepdad Danny Peat arrives at Nottingham Coroner’s Court for the final day of the inquest
Amber’s mum Kelly was also seen making her way into the court this morning
Adrian Cook arrives at Nottingham Coroner’s Court this morning
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